Mingfeng County, Sweet Water Well Alley.

This alley is named after a sweet water well, but this sweet water well does not do much good, in fact, sweet water well alley is a rather poor area in Mingfeng County, and the people who live here are all poor people, and they have eaten the last meal without the next meal.

As soon as the day was shining, Ba Xiong and his daughter-in-law got up, went to the kitchen in the dark, lit the stove, and prepared to cook some dough cakes.

As a poor family, the dough naturally cannot be baked with oil, that is, it is fried, and the dough is browned, and this dough is very anti-hunger.

After the fire was burned, Ba Xiong stood up and plucked off the only piece of bacon hanging on the stove, which had been smoked black, and it could be seen that it had been quite a few years.

Ba Xiong is going to Qingping County to meet the Dragon King, this piece of bacon is Ba Xiong's offering, and his family is the most valuable piece of bacon, and he is not willing to eat it even during the New Year.

"Otherwise, don't go." Ba Shi is a little worried, although it is said that the Dragon King has a good temperament and cannibalism is also a rumor, but Ba Shi is still quite afraid, the man is the backbone of the family, in case something happens...

"It's okay, I've made an appointment with Xu Laosan and them in the alley, go to Qingping County today, and I can come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, don't worry."

"Then you should be careful on the road, think more about Niuniu, and me."

"Hmm." Ba Xiong nodded heavily.

When the bread was fried, Ba Thi wrapped the dough with a linen cloth, brought a bamboo tube, filled the bamboo tube with well water, Ba Xiong packed up his things, took the bread, bacon, bamboo tube, and finally took a knife and stuck it in his belt, and under the gaze of Ba Shi, he went out of the house.

At this time, the sky has not yet completely brightened.

Xu Laosan that Ba Xiong said also came out quickly, almost exactly the same as Ba Xiong's dress, but Ba Xiong's offering was a piece of bacon, and Xu Laosan was a cured duck.

These two people's families are actually similar, so being able to bring out these offerings shows their sincerity.

There were three more people, adding up to a total of five people, and all five of them just nodded and greeted, and then walked towards the city gate, at this time the city gate had been opened, and the city guards glanced at the five people, and they were not embarrassed, and they were directly released.

After leaving the city gate, the atmosphere was suddenly much more relaxed, and everyone was in the mood to talk.

"You say, the Dragon King is really what they say he is?"

"I'll know when we see each other."

"I hope that the dragon king's mana is boundless and can bless us."

"According to them, Qingping County is doing well now, and it must be the blessing of the Dragon King."

"The Zhen family sent a lot of cattle and sheep to Tiejiabao, if only I were also from Tiejiabao."

"Yes, there are hundreds of them, which is really enviable."

"Some time ago, Qingping County Zun was scared away by the Dragon King, there must be a large piece of fertile land that no one cultivates, let's go over this time, you can see the situation, if there is really no one to plant, let's talk to the Dragon King, let us plant, what do you think?"

"The county has run away, so do the people of Qingping County still need to pay taxes now?"

"I don't know, it would be nice if I didn't use it, as long as I planted it for a year, I would definitely not be able to eat all the food, how could it be like now."

Ba Xiong will also say a sentence from time to time, talking about the life of the people in Qingping County, Ba Xiong's sense of expectation is getting higher and higher.

According to the word of mouth of the merchants, Ba Xiong also sketched the situation of Qingping County in his heart, in his heart, Qingping County must have a large area of fertile land, countless grapes, and a smooth and solid cement road, he doesn't know what a cement road is, but it should be much better than a stone road.

And the people of Qingping County, under the leadership of the Dragon King, are all well-fed and clothed, not to mention anything else, just the grapes that the merchants say, that is called more than one, all over the mountains.

"I hope the Dragon King will be merciful." Ba Xiong prayed secretly in his heart.

The five of them traveled all the way, and they actually met a few more people, and asked casually, it turned out that these people were also going to Qingping County to meet the Dragon King, and the people on both sides were overjoyed, and they merged together at the moment, ready to go together.

In this way, they hurried until the three poles of the sun, and everyone arrived at the weir bridge, and the front was the Qingping land boundary.

The people did not rush forward, but found a shady place, drank water, ate dry food, and rested for half an hour.

During the break, these people found that it was not only a few of them who wanted to visit the Dragon King, but there were a lot of people, and after most of the effort, there were more than thirty people gathered here.

The thirty people all had expectations for the Dragon King, walked across the weir bridge and headed towards Qingping County.

From the Yanqiao to Qingping County, almost a hundred miles away, everyone talked and laughed, plus the expectation of the Dragon King in their hearts, but they didn't feel bored, and they saw that the sky was dark.

"Do you want to rest or keep going?"

"There are about twenty or thirty miles to the county seat, don't rest, keep walking, go to the county seat tonight."

"Well, let's keep walking, in this wilderness, I heard that there are wolves here, so let's continue to hurry while there is still light."

Most of the people here are poor people, and they have experienced things that are more bitter and tiring than this, and it is nothing to travel in the dark.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

"Have you arrived?"

"It doesn't seem to be the county seat."

"And how can there be light?"

"How can that light glow green, it doesn't look like the light of a lamp."

Everyone looked at each other, and they didn't know what was ahead, but they were all here, and they had to go forward with their teeth gritted, so after walking for a while, everyone found that there were figures in the light in front of them who were constantly moving, and there were also human voices.

"It's someone from Qingping County, hurry up."

"It's time to arrive."

The crowd didn't care about anything else, and went straight to the light.

Approaching, because everyone was in the dark, and the people of Qingping County were in the light, so the people of Qingping County did not find the people of Mingfeng County, and the people of Mingfeng County looked and found that the light came from a strange plant, which looked like grapes, but the leaves were rolled, and the light was emitted from these leaves.

This strange plant was set up on a long shelf, and although the light was a little green, it still illuminated the surroundings, and by this light a group of people were busy, pouring something like plaster into the barrel, stirring it, and finally pouring it out and smoothing it out with a plank.

"I see, they're building a road, and it's a concrete road." Ba Xiong screamed, and he thought of what it was, and it was obviously the divine cement that the merchants were talking about.

As soon as the voice came out, the people of Qingping County immediately heard it.

"Who? Who's over there? Come out. ”

"We are from Mingfeng County, and we are here to meet the Dragon King." The crowd shouted and walked cautiously.

When Ba Xiong's group of people walked into the bright light, the people of Qingping County on the opposite side did not panic, and a person from Qingping County walked out and said with a pleasant face: "It turns out to be from Mingfeng County, you wait a while, I will go and call all the adults over immediately." ”

"I'm in trouble."

"Don't bother, you're here to meet the Dragon King? Then you're really here for the right time, the Dragon King is so wow. ”

When Quan just arrived, he asked a few words, and learned that these people had been on the road for a day, just to come to meet the Dragon King, and they didn't talk nonsense at the moment, so they took these people to the county seat and found them a big house, because it was late, and it was not easy to cook, so they could only get some dried meat and water for these people, and after they finished eating, they found a few quilts for them.

"The Dragon King is not in the county seat, you have a good rest, tomorrow I will send someone back to Tiejiabao to inform the Dragon King, the Dragon King will definitely be quite happy to know that you are coming." Before leaving, Quan Gang said to these people.

Everyone rushed for a day's journey, and after eating enough, they were sleepy and tired, and after arriving in Qingping County, both the people of Qingping County and the whole adult were very kind, and everyone also let down their guard, and fell asleep with the expectation of the Dragon King.